SpaceX Launch Schedule
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has many pads, on the East Coast of the US they own SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center for their lower inclination launches. They also own SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California for their high inclination launches. Another site is also being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 1
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Nov. 1, 2019, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 2
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Nov. 15, 2019, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon In-Flight Abort Test
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 23, 2019, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Test Flight
A Falcon 9 will launch carrying a Dragon capsule and will simulate a failure whilst flying through max-q to demonstrate the dragons ability to escape in the event of a catostrophic failure of the launch vehicle. The booster has flown three times before.
Sub-Orbital
Starship Mk1 | First Flight
SpaceX | USASpaceX Space Launch Facility, TX, USA
Nov. 30, 2019, 10 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SpX CRS-19
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Dec. 4, 2019, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | JCSAT-18/KACIFIC-1
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Dec. 15, 2019, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SpX-DM2 (Demonstration Mission 2)
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 30, 2019, midnight
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SXM-7
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Jan. 1, 2020, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Communications
SXM-7 is a large high power broadcasting satellite for SiriusXM's digital audio radio service (DARS). Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) got in July 2016 the contract to build the two satellites based on their SSL-1300 bus - SXM-7 and SXM-8. Both operate in the S-band spectrum. Each satellite will generate more than 20-kW of power and will have a large unfurlable antenna reflector, which enables broadcast to radios without the need for large dish-type antennas on the ground. SXM-7 is meant to replace the XM-3 satellite.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SXM-8
SpaceX | USAUnknown Location
Jan. 1, 2020, midnight
Status: TBD
Mission: Communications
SXM-8 is a large high power broadcasting satellite for SiriusXM's digital audio radio service (DARS). Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) got in July 2016 the contract to build the two satellites based on their SSL-1300 bus - SXM-7 and SXM-8. Both operate in the S-band spectrum. Each satellite will generate more than 20-kW of power and will have a large unfurlable antenna reflector, which enables broadcast to radios without the need for large dish-type antennas on the ground. SXM-8 is meant to replace the XM-4 satellite.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV03
SpaceX | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Jan. 1, 2020, midnight
Long March 3
TJS-4 (TJSW-4)
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaTJS-4 is a geosynchronous satellite which is used for multi-band and high-rate satellite communication technology verification.
Electron
As The Crow Flies
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandEncapsulated in Electron's fairing will be a single spacecraft for Astro Digital, a California-based satellite manufacturer and operator. The Landm...
Pegasus XL
Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON)
Cape Canaveral - Air launch to orbitIonospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) is a NASA mission to study Earth's thermosphere and ionosphere and the connection between space weather and ...
Proton-M Briz-M
Eutelsat 5 West B & MEV-1
200/39 (200L) - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanEutelsat 5 West B will replace the Ku-band capacity of Eutelsat 5 West A (formerly Stellat 5) satellite, a key digital infrastructure addressing pr...
Long March 4
Gaofen-10R
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaGaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), ...
Soyuz 2.1B
EKS 3 (Tundra 3) (Kosmos 2541)
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationThe Tundra or EKS (meaning Unified Space System) series of satellites is the next generation of Russian early warning satellites.
Soyuz
Soyuz MS-15
1/5 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanSoyuz MS-15 begins expedition 61 by carrying NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and United Arab Emirates’ Hazzaa Ali ...
Long March 2D
Yunhai-1-02
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaThe Yunhai-1 satellite is designed for detecting environmental elements in the atmosphere and ocean, the space environment, disaster prevention and...
H-IIB
Kounotori 8 (HTV-8)
Osaki Y LP2 - Tanegashima, JapanUncrewed cargo resupply mission to International Space Station.
Long March 3B / YZ-1
Beidou-3 M23 & M24
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThese two satellites will be used to provide global navigation coverage as part of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system.
